I have been a big Madonna fan for a long time. I decided to try to make a famous outfit of hers from a plain piece of canvas. I pleated it, then treated like a one piece swimsuit-like piece, then corseted them all together so it laced up on the sides. It snaps on the … Read more
This coolest homemade Flavor Flav costume was relatively cheap last Halloween. It was company appropriate and everyone enjoyed it. I got the viking hat from any regular costume store. The clock had to be right so I found one with some ling on it. The jump suit came from Walmart, nothing too fancy, it’s just … Read more
Lady Gaga in “Born this way” video is my youngest daughter’s costume this year. I used her regular clothing; black pants, white tank, blazer type jacket, in which I stuffed plastic bags in her shoulder pads to make it look rounded. I made a black bow tie with a piece of garbage bag. I purchased … Read more
This Homemade Carmen Miranda Halloween Costume was fun to make. Most people today, I imagine, do not even know who Carmen Miranda was! First, I went shopping for all kinds of fruit and bright material. I took an old lime green top and sewed layers of bright material onto a piece of material and then … Read more
Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video, I did my own version of the cupcake bustier top outfit Katy Perry wore. I made the bustier, the high-waisted shorts, candy necklace, hair bow piece, shoes, and finished the costume off with some fun jewelry I had to accessorize the outfit. Materials Used: • Bra • … Read more
My sister and I decided it would be fun and unique to be Lady Gaga and her male alter ego, Joe Calderone, for Halloween. First, we came up with not just one specific Lady Gaga costume, but kind of a mixture of a lot of her different looks. We found a dress and hot-glued some … Read more
My 11 year old son Cole loves the latest rap star Soulja Boy so he asked for a Soulja Boy costume. I bought a white extra large jacket from a sports shop and painted Soulja Boy’s jacket artwork myself that I saw online. He also wears writing on his sunglass lenses so I copied that … Read more
This Homemade Lady GaGa Halloween Costume is my take on Lady GaGa. It was inspired by a mixture of her early years (before she was famous and was bedazzling bras), her Poker Face and LoveGame videos and her “The Fame” album cover. I put everything together individually myself. I got the jacket for $1 and … Read more
This year I wanted to be something I can make myself. I didn’t want to buy a costume for tons of money to wear for only one night. So since I absolutely love Lady GaGa, I put together a Homemade Lady Gaga Costume costume for Halloween! I also thought this would be a good costume … Read more
my boyfriend is obsessed with David Lee Roth and he asked me if I would watch the jump video. Over and over again we did just that. He asked me to recreate the costume he wears in the video for our costume party. So I did just that. Here’s the homemade David Lee Roth costume … Read more
In 2007 when Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black album was released, I was in love with her look and sound! I found some hair extentions I dyed black, and paired them with a black beehive wig. I had two different artist friends draw on the same tattoos that Amy Winehouse had onto my body with … Read more
MJ thriller jacket was made from an old winter coat, red duct tape, and black electrical tape. Basically I just covered the entire coat strip by strip with red duct tape then added the details with the black electrical tape added red skinny jeans cuffed up to show white socks and black sneakers. Finished off … Read more